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A man was arrested in Market Harborough yesterday as part of a Police operation targeting County Lines drug dealing. The 41-year-old from Kettering was held after officers stopped a car on St Mary’s Road and he tested positive for cocaine, when a road-side drugs test was carried out. He’s been released under investigation.  

A new solar farm has opened in Husbands Bosworth. Over 500 solar panels have been installed in fields off Sibbertoft Road, in a project by Harborough Energy and a company based there, NBJ Joinery. The not-for-profit co-operative teamed up with the firm for the project, which will help reduce their reliance of using electricity from […]

A government planning inspector has ruled houses can’t be built on a park area used by villagers in Church Langton. Although Harborough Council threw out the proposal last year, owners of the land The Diocese of Leicester, challenged the decision. The Inspector’s agreed putting up five homes on land at the back of the Hanbury […]

Police have deployed a drugs dog at The Kibworth School in a bid to detect any illegal substances being taken in. It saw the dog, trained to sniff out everything from cannabis to ecstasy tablets, walking around the grounds as students arrived for their first day back after the Easter break yesterday, and as they […]

An elderly man says he has been left angry and upset after burglars stole his collection of model trains. The intruders got into his home in Stonegill Court, Great Glen, between 10pm and 11pm last Tuesday, taking 11 of the Hornby and Bachmann models. The man was in the property at the time, although was […]

Kettering Road in Market Harborough is being made one-way to traffic as the next phase of works to replace water pipes begin. Drivers will only be able travel up the road towards the A6, from the junction with Gores Lane, from today, with traffic stopped from turning left off the A6 at Clack Hill. The […]

The completion of work to upgrade the railway bridge between Market Harborough and Great Bowden Road is facing another delay. It means traffic lights – that were due to be removed yesterday – will now remain in place for another two weeks – until May 12th. Network Rail says ‘unexpected ground conditions’ are to blame […]

Volunteers working at the Foodbank in Market Harborough fear that they may have to shut down completely if the shortage of food continues. It’s been struggling to cope with the demand for the service, which has seen over 1,500 meals supplied to families in need this month alone. Shortages of certain food and a decline […]

Market Harborough Rugby Club is celebrating promotion to the Midlands One East division, after beating Dronfied in the play-off decider on Saturday. The 25-21 win after extra time takes the blacks to their highest level of playing in recent years. A club spokesman said: “It was a nail-biting match from start to finish. The lads dug […]

A teenager from Market Harborough has been incarcerated in a tough US jail for a week, as part of an experiment by Channel 4. Hugh Connell, 17, will feature in a new documentary starting tonight titled ‘Banged Up: Teens Behind Bars’, which is aimed at steering troubled teens away from a life of crime. The […]